Last week the U.S. House of Representatives passed an economic stimulus bill that would cost the American taxpayer $819 billion - enough to give every man, woman, and child almost $2,700. This would be the most expensive spending bill in history, costing more than the equivalent cost of the New Deal, the Marshall Plan and the Louisiana Purchase combined. ...more

February 11, 2009

Over the past year, the federal government has poured money into the economy hundreds of billions of dollars at a time. It has also guaranteed investments, loans and deposits worth about $8 trillion. Barry Ritholtz, the author of "Bailout Nation," points out that this project constitutes the largest infusion in American history. ...more

December 1, 2008

WEST PALM BEACH - The state of Florida and U.S. Sugar Corp., the nation's largest producer of cane sugar, are negotiating the sale of thousands of acres of farmland in the Everglades to help restore the wetlands, three officials familiar with the potential deal said Monday. ...more

June 23, 2008

Judging from the solid waste generated by some first-rate public relations flackery, you would think the good citizens of Central Florida arise every morning and gaze longingly out their windows in the unrequited hope that someday soon a CSX choo-choo will come blowing by to turn their pastureland into a teaming hub of locomotion. ...more

May 3, 2008

Established in 1714, Natchitoches is quaint and perky and recognized as the Bed & Breakfast Capital of Louisiana. ...more

May 2, 2008